Job openings/Campus Team Coordinator (Public Policy)

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JOB TITLE

Campus Team Coordinator [CLOSED]

REPORTS TO

Education Program Manager

EMPLOYMENT DURATION

June 2010 to September 2011. The Wikimedia Foundation is currently expanding. As as we grow we are likely to have frequent positions open up. Though limited in duration, this grant based position is a potential opportunity to explore mutual fit for continued employment.

About Wikimedia's Public Outreach department and the Public Policy Initiative

With more than 100,000 active contributors globally, Wikipedia is one of the world's most successful experiments in peer production. Volunteers have always made a collective effort to recruit new contributors, by welcoming new users, developing tutorials and help pages, creating promotional materials, meeting face-to-face, and so on. The Public Outreach department of the Wikimedia Foundation works in collaboration with volunteers and with the Foundation's 20+ worldwide chapters to determine and foster the most effective approaches to public outreach.

With our Public Policy Initiative, we are developing a flexible model for reaching out to one specific target group: subject matter experts. Professors and students of U.S. public policy will be solicited to participate in writing and improving articles on the English language Wikipedia, and actively supported in their efforts throughout the 2010–2011 academic year. We will thoroughly evaluate and document the initiative, providing a template for our volunteers to replicate its approach in other disciplines and other geographic areas.

JOB PURPOSE

The Campus Program Coordinator will be an integral member of the Public Policy project team. The primary role of this position is to work closely and collaboratively with faculty, students, students in work study, and Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors at various universities to ensure Public Policy program activities run smoothly at all schools.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and meet deadlines on time with limited supervision. Able to adapt quickly and easily to changing requirements.

Ability to work in an open, transparent and collaborative environment.

Ability to develop solid working relationships with internal and external WMF staff, Wikimedia Community volunteers, and university staff, students, and faculty.

Exceptional project management and time management skills.

Working knowledge of the wiki environment is a plus.

Ability to work effectively and meet deadlines even while traveling; job requires up to 40% travel to diverse locations.

Ability to manage, motivate, and coordinate volunteer groups.

Positive, “can do” attitude.

About the Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation got its start in 2003 and is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia. Based in San Francisco, California, we currently employ over 150 staff and contractors globally. The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to creating a world in which every single human being can freely and easily share in the sum of all knowledge. Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive nearly 500 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property worldwide. Wikipedia is available in more than 280 languages, containing more than 41 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of over 100,000 people. In an effort to continue our mission, we are hiring talented and creative individuals to join the team.